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Dovekie
Alle alle
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About the Dovekie
The little auk (Europe) or dovekie (North America) (Alle alle) is a small auk, the only member of the genus Alle. It breeds in huge numbers on islands in the high Arctic of the North Atlantic Ocean. There are two subspecies; A. a. alle breeds in Greenland, Novaya Zemlya and Svalbard; and A. a. polaris on Franz Josef Land. A small number of individuals also breed on Little Diomede Island in the Bering Strait, with additional breeding individuals thought to occur on King Island, St. Lawrence Island, St. Matthew Island and the Pribilof Islands in the Bering Sea. It also formerly bred on Grímsey just north of Iceland, but is extinct there now.
Source: Wikipedia
Classification
- Scientific name
- Alle alle
- Family
- Auks, Murres, and Puffins
- Order
- Charadriiformes
Similar species
Other members of the auks, murres, and puffins family recorded in North America — a useful place to start if you are not certain of your identification.
- Ancient Murrelet Synthliboramphus antiquus
- Atlantic Puffin Fratercula arctica
- Black Guillemot Cepphus grylle
- Cassin's Auklet Ptychoramphus aleuticus
- Common Murre Uria aalge
- Craveri's Murrelet Synthliboramphus craveri
- Crested Auklet Aethia cristatella
- Guadalupe Murrelet Synthliboramphus hypoleucus
- Horned Puffin Fratercula corniculata
- Kittlitz's Murrelet Brachyramphus brevirostris
- Least Auklet Aethia pusilla
- Long-billed Murrelet Brachyramphus perdix
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